KIRKWALL - ORKNEY, SCOTLAND
St. Magnus Cathedral
St. Magnus Cathedral
Kirkwall is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland.
Private James William BORWICK 208
Born: Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland Enlisted: 17-8-1914, South Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to Enlistment: Ironmonger 5th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 21-10-1914 from Melbourne, Victoria Died 11-8-1918, France aged 28years Son of James and Jessie Borwick. Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 43 |
Private George Hercus JOHNSTON 2323
Served as George Hercus Born: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands Enlisted: 28-7-1916, Narrabri, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 34th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 17-10-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W. Died 12-10-1917, Belgium Son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (nee Hercus) Johnston. Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 124 |
Family Grave - St Magnus Cathedral & Churchyard
Private John William MUIR 2705
Born: Kirkwall, Scotland Enlisted: 17-4-1916, Sports Ground, N.S.W. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 53rd Battalion Australian Infantry Departed from Australia 7-10-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W. Died of Wounds, 6-6-1917, France aged 26years Son of James and Mary Muir Husband of Margaret Muir, of Horseshoe Bend, West Maitland, N.S.W. Resting: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 157 |
Resting: Private John WICK 3466A
Born: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland Enlisted: 21-10-1916, Hughendon, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion Departed Australia 25-11-1916, from Sydney, N.S.W. Killed in Action France, 5-4-1918 aged 33years Son of John and Annie Wick, of William Rd., Kirkwall. Resting: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 174 Alos honoured on Deerness War Memorial & Kirkwall Cathedral Honour Roll |